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Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 76 times in the past 24 hours – 37 times in the Donetsk sector, 27 times in the Mariupol sector and 12 times in the Luhansk sector – according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters. ”In the Donetsk sector, the enemy fired 152mm heavy...

Oil prices fell about 1% on Monday as Iraq`s production rose and as Iran said it would only cooperate in producer talks to freeze output if fellow exporters recognized its right to fully regain market share, according to Reuters. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading at $49.32 per barrel at 0558 GMT, down 60 cents, or 1.2%,...

The SBU Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police have detained 106 crime bosses near the town of Sviatohirsk in Donetsk region, the venue of the funerals of the criminal lord dubbed Lekha Krasnodonskoy, according to the SBU press service. They were apprehended for the police to ”check if their stay in Ukrainian territory was legal,”...

Germany`s Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday that talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a free trade deal being negotiated by the United States and the European Union, had essentially failed, according to Reuters. ”The negotiations with the USA have de facto failed because we Europeans did not want to...

Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko forecasts that the Hague tribunal might take up Ukraine`s case against Russia only after the war has ended, while it might take the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) up to five years to consider claims by Ukraine against Russia. ”If we talk about The Hague, the general practice is that the...

Wage debts in Ukraine grew by 4% in July 2016, compared to June 2016, to UAH 2 billion ($80 million) as of August 1, 2016, according to the State Statistics Committee. Delayed wages to personnel of operating companies in July rose by 5.5%, to UAH 1.36 billion, the State Statistics Service said. The bulk of this debt was accumulated by industrial...

Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State, according to Reuters. Turkey`s government, which is fighting a Kurdish insurgency at home, has said the Syrian campaign it...

Russian occupation forces opened fire on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas 59 times on Saturday, which included the wide use of banned weapons, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. ”Twenty-six cases of violations of the truce were recorded in the Donetsk sector. The enemy used...

An official ceremony to honor Ukrainian soldiers who died in the Ilovaisk battle in August 2014 is taking place at Kyiv`s Soviyska Square on Sunday Russian-Ukrainian war veterans and relatives of the dead soldiers have gathered at the square. About 100 people have paid tribute to the victims with the singing of the Plyve Kacha po Tysyni Ukrainian...